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Sittwe District
Sittwe District ( my, စစ်တွေခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Sittwe. Administrative divisions Sittwe District consists of the following townships: * Pauktaw Township * Ponnagyun Township * Rathedaung Township * Sittwe Township Sittwe District also consisted of the following townships, which formed to become Mrauk-U District: * Kyauktaw Township * Mrauk-U Township * Minbya Township * Myebon Township Myebon Township ( my, မြေပုံမြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Burma, Burma (Myanmar). The principal town is Myebon. In October 2010, much of the township was devast ... Sittwe Districts of Myanmar Rakhine State {{burma-geo-stub ...
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Districts Of Myanmar
Districts ( my, ခရိုင်, Kharuing; ) are the second-level administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the sub-divisions of the States and Regions of Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), as of December 2015, there are 76 districts in Myanmar, which in turn are subdivided into townships, then towns, wards and villages. The District's role is more supervisory as the Townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance. A District is led by a District Administrator, a civil servant appointed through the General Administration Department (GAD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA). The Minister of Home Affairs is to be appointed by the military according to the 2008 constitution. Here is a list of districts of Myanmar by state/region: List of districts by state or region See also * Administrative divisions of Myanmar * List of cities in Myanmar References External links * * "Burma Second Order Administrative Di ...
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Rakhine State
Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between latitudes 17°30' north and 21°30' north and longitudes 92°10' east and 94°50' east. The Arakan Mountains or Rakhine Yoma separated Rakhine State from central Burma from North to South. Off the coast of Rakhine State there are some fairly large islands such as Ramree Island, Ramree, Cheduba and Myingun Island, Myingun. Rakhine State has an area of and its capital is Sittwe. Etymology The term ''Rakhine'' is believed to have been derived from the Pali word ''Rakkhapura'' (Sanskrit Raksapura), meaning "Land of Ogres" (Rakshasa, Rakshas), possibly a pejorative referring to the original Australoi ...
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Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: [ˈmjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə]. So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as [mɑːr] or of Burma as [bɜːrmə] by some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad a, broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would b ...
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Sittwe
Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced ''sait-tway'' in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of 2006 the city has 181,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District. Etymology The name Sittwe, which literally means "the place where the war meets," is derived from the Burmese pronunciation of စစ်တွေ (pronounced ''Saittwe'' in Arakanese language). When the Burmese King Bodawpaya invaded the Mrauk U Kingdom in 1784, the Rakhine defenders encountered the Burmese force at the mouth of Kaladan river. In the ensuing battle, which was waged on both land and water, the Mrauk U forces were defeated. The place where the battle occurred came to be called ''Saittwe'' by the Rakhine, and colloquially as ''Sittwe'' by the Burmese. In early 1825, during the First ...
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Sittwe District In Rakhine State
Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced ''sait-tway'' in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of 2006 the city has 181,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District. Etymology The name Sittwe, which literally means "the place where the war meets," is derived from the Burmese pronunciation of စစ်တွေ (pronounced ''Saittwe'' in Arakanese language). When the Burmese King Bodawpaya invaded the Mrauk U Kingdom in 1784, the Rakhine defenders encountered the Burmese force at the mouth of Kaladan river. In the ensuing battle, which was waged on both land and water, the Mrauk U forces were defeated. The place where the battle occurred came to be called ''Saittwe'' by the Rakhine, and colloquially as ''Sittwe'' by the Burmese. In early 1825, during the First ...
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Pauktaw Township
Pauktaw Township ( my, ပေါက်တောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Pauktaw Pauktaw ( my, ပေါက်တောမြို့) is the principal town of Pauktaw Township in Sittwe District in Rakhine State, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions requi .... Townships of Rakhine State Sittwe {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Ponnagyun Township
Ponnagyun Township ( my, ပုဏ္ဏားကျွန်းမြို့နယ်), formally known as Urittaung is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ponnagyun. There are 94 village groups in this township and about 200 villages. It has an ancient pagoda Uritetawdat Zaydhi which was innovated by King Mengphaloung (1571–1593) of the Mrauk Oo Dynasty. It is 25 miles distance to the south Sittwe Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced ''sait-tway'' in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers empt ..., the district capital.http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU154v01_100810_Ponnagyun%20Ts-Rakhine%20State_A1.pdf Map of Ponnagyun History Ponnagyun is a small town of Sittwe District in Arakan. It was formerly known as Urittaung City and it was suited in other side of present town of Ponnag ...
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Rathedaung Township
Rathedaung Township ( my, ရသေ့တောင်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Rathedaung Rathedaung ( my, ရသေ့တောင်မြို့) is the administrative town of Rathedaung Township in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). It is situated beside the Mayu River and is located north of Sittwe. The town is split into four qu .... Communal clashes of June 2012 also spread into that township and at least there were three Buddhist casualties. References Townships of Rakhine State Sittwe {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Sittwe Township
Sittwe Township ( my, စစ်တွေမြို့နယ်) is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Sittwe.http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU154v01_100810_Sittwe%20Ts-Rakhine%20State_A1.pdf Map of Sittwe Township Demographics 2014 The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Sittwe Township had an estimated population of 150,735. The population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ... was 1,289.5 people per km2. The census reported that the median age was 26.8 years, and 91 males per 100 females. There were 29,036 households; the mean household size was 4.8. References Sittwe Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Mrauk-U District
Mrauk-U District ( my, မြောက်ဦးခရိုင်) is a newly created district in Rakhine State, Burma (Myanmar); which was formerly part of Sittwe District. Its administrative center is the city of Mrauk-U. 25 mountains have been officially named in Mrauk-U. Kema Taung is the highest place in this District. Yulin Jung is the most prominent mountain. Administrative divisions Mrauk-U District consists of the following townships: * Kyauktaw Township * Mrauk-U Township * Minbya Township * Myebon Township Myebon Township ( my, မြေပုံမြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Burma, Burma (Myanmar). The principal town is Myebon. In October 2010, much of the township was devast ... Notes Districts of Myanmar Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Kyauktaw Township
Kyauktaw Township ( my, ကျောက်တော်မြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyauktaw. Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Mrauk-U Township
Mrauk-U Township ( my, မြောက်ဦးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mrauk-U Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of many .... Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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